Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:45:06 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100831 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Kent B.Willett, B.Yanny DIS 20:00 23:15 J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS --:-- --:-- J.Bornak J.Bornak NICFPS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 19:38 00:05 0 0.9 0 0 3.6 0 0 0 NM03/R 00:05 01:05 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM04/R 01:05 06:29 0 5.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Opened after sky cleared locally. Closed again when radar showed local returns forming. Rain started in second half. Light rain followed by high humidity the remainder of the night. Spicam 1730 188.5K 0500 184.8K ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:17 dis-slit 313( 836) 258 64 14.8 18.8 18.0 17.5 17.4 clear 1.64 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 50 4 251 (WSW) 353 ptly cldy none 17:00 66 50 8 245 (WSW) 397 ptly cldy none 18:00 67 50 10 250 (WSW) 358 ptly cldy none 19:00 63 52 8 260 (W) 404 ptly cldy none 20:00 58 51 7 196 (SSW) 438 clear none 21:00 59 50 5 212 (SSW) 442 clear none 22:00 59 50 8 246 (WSW) 505 mstly clr none 23:00 59 52 9 209 (SSW) 627 mstly clr humid 00:00 58 53 12 201 (SSW) 696 ptly cldy humid 01:00 57 53 11 208 (SSW) 580 mstly cldy humid 02:00 54 54 6 193 (SSW) 559 cloudy lt rain 03:00 55 53 6 188 (S) 1141 cloudy humid 04:00 54 49 9 236 (SW) 400 cloudy humid 05:00 54 50 3 222 (SW) 407 cloudy humid Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.1